75% Say Movie Ticket Prices Too High
Ask moviegoers about ticket prices, and they’re likely to give them two thumbs down.
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February 6, 2010
February 5, 2010
49% of Super Bowl Watchers Plan to Watch "Intensely"
Super Bowl XLIV is two days away, and just under half (49%) of adults who plan on watching the big game say they will be watching it intensely, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
February 5, 2010
Politically Speaking, Populist Isn’t Popular, But Conservative Is
If you’re a politician, don’t call yourself a populist. And liberal isn’t much better.
February 5, 2010
The Massachusetts Miracle By Susan Estrich
Everyone knows that what doesn't destroy you makes you stronger. That is particularly true in politics, where a hard kick either knocks you down or wakes you up.
February 5, 2010
Obama’s Budget: Fiscal Armageddon By Howard Rich
“We’re not going to save our way out of this recession. We’ve got to spend our way out of this recession.” – U.S. Majority Whip Jim Clyburn
February 5, 2010
The GOP's Dubious Populism By Joe Conason
The most revealing moments in President Obama's State of the Union Address were not in his remarks, but the reaction to them by those listening on the Republican side of the aisle.
February 5, 2010
Americans Reject Keynesian Economics
Richard Nixon once said, “We’re all Keynesians now.” But that was a long time ago, and it’s certainly not the case anymore (if it ever was).
February 5, 2010
Nevada Senate: Reid Runs Second To Four GOP Opponents
Harry Reid may soon have one more Republican opponent in Nevada’s race for the U.S. Senate, and his numbers remain in troublesome territory for an incumbent. Reid, like a number of Democratic Senate incumbents, appears to be suffering from voter unhappiness over the national health care plan and the continuing bad state of the economy.
February 5, 2010
Colorado Senate: GOP’s Norton Still The Front-Runner
Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton now posts a 14-point lead over incumbent Democrat Michael Bennett, but her lead over Bennet’s intraparty challenger, Andrew Romanoff, is not as big in the race for the U.S. Senate in Colorado.
February 4, 2010
52% Likely to Watch A Lot of the Olympics On TV
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada start next week, and a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 52% of adults say they are at least somewhat likely to watch a large portion of the upcoming games on television. Of that number, however, only 20% say they are very likely to do so.
February 4, 2010
Kentucky Senate: GOP Hopefuls Remain Out Front
Rand Paul, who picked up Sarah Palin’s endorsement on Monday, and fellow Republican Trey Grayson continue to lead their two chief Democratic rivals in Kentucky’s contest for the U.S. Senate.
February 4, 2010
Poizner Unhinged, Whitman Unavailable By Debra J. Saunders
At first, it seemed like a bonehead move. On Monday morning, the campaign for Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner's bid for the governor's office sent out an e-mail announcing that the candidate would hold a news conference at its headquarters. I was not the only journalist to wonder: Does this mean that Poizner is getting out of the race -- leaving the GOP primary to Ms. Moneybags, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman?
February 4, 2010
83% Blame Deficit on Politicians’ Unwillingness To Cut Spending
Eighty-three percent (83%) of Americans say the size of the federal budget deficit is due more to the unwillingness of politicians to cut government spending than to the reluctance of taxpayers to pay more in taxes.
February 4, 2010
How Climate-Change Fanatics Corrupted Science By Michael Barone
Quick, name the most distrusted occupations. Trial lawyers? Pretty skuzzy, as witness the disgraced John Edwards, kept from the vice presidency in 2004 by the electoral votes of Ohio. Used car dealers? Always near the bottom of the list, as witness the universal understanding of the word "clunker."
February 4, 2010
Illinois Senate: Kirk 46%, Giannoulias 40%
Republican Mark Kirk holds a modest 46% to 40% lead over Democrat Alexi Giannoulias in the race for the Illinois Senate following Tuesday’s party primaries.
February 4, 2010
The Urban Future Isn't All About Population Booms By Froma Harrop
Sunbelt-and-sprawl advocate Joel Kotkin wrote two years ago that the future of American urbanism wasn't in the "elite cities," such as New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco, but in "younger, more affordable and less self-regarding places." He named (his order) Houston, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Dallas and Riverside, Calif.
February 4, 2010
Just 35% Realize Most Federal Spending Goes to National Defense, Social Security, Medicare
Budget documents provided by the Obama administration show that in Fiscal Year 2009 50% of all federal spending went to national defense,
February 4, 2010
Connecticut Governor: Democrats' Lamont First Among Equals
The man who unsuccessfully challenged Joe Lieberman for the U.S. Senate in 2006 is the Democrat who runs best for now against the two top Republican hopefuls in the race for governor in Connecticut - but just barely. Given the closeness of the potential matchups and the high number of undecided voters, the contest at this stage appears to be wide open.
February 3, 2010
Connecticut Senate: Blumenthal (D) Still Running Strongly
Connecticut continues to look like one Senate seat Democrats can be more sure of now that Chris Dodd is out of the race.
February 3, 2010
Apple Gets the Nod for Buzz Over Microsoft
Apple Inc. sent the business world buzzing yet again last week with its release of its new tablet computer, the iPad. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that the plurality of adults (43%) think Apple is more innovative than Microsoft in terms of product development.
